2014 Annual Report
Basic Facts on Macedonia1
Official Name:Republic of Macedonia
Area: Total: 25,713 sq km (land: 25,433 sq km; water: 280 sq km)
Population: 2,091,719 (July 2014 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Macedonian 64.2%, Albanian 25.2%, Turkish 3.9%, Roma (Gypsy) 2.7%, Serb 1.8%, other 2.2%
(2002 census)
Languages: Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Roma 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%,
other 1.8% (2002 census)
Religions: Macedonian Orthodox 64.7%, Muslim 33.3%, other Christian 0.37%, other and unspecified 1.63%
(2002 census)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.8 years - male: 73.23 years; female: 78.56 years (2014 est.)
Society and Government
Government type: parliamentary democracy
Capital: Skopje
Time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time), daylight saving time:
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence: 8 September 1991 (referendum by registered voters endorsed independence from
Yugoslavia)
Constitution: adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991; amended several times; last
amended in 2011.
Economy
GDP (purchasing power parity): $22.57 billion (2013 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $10.65 billion (2013 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 3.1% (2013 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,800 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: Agriculture: 10.2%; Industry: 27.5%; Services: 53.7% (2013 est.)
GDP Composition by end use (2013 est.):
Household consumption: 77.5%
Government consumption: 15.3%
Investment in fixed capital: 22.5%
Investment in inventories: 3.1%
Exports of goods and services: 47.7%
Imports of goods and services: -66.1%
Labor force: 960,700 (2013 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: Agriculture: 18.8%; Industry: 27.5%; Services: 53.7% (31 September 2013)
Unemployment rate: 28.6% (2013 est.)
Budget: Revenues: $3.023billion; Expenditures: $3.438 billion (2013 est.)
Agriculture - products: grapes, tobacco, vegetables, fruits; milk, eggs
Industries: food processing, beverages, textiles, chemicals, iron, steel, cement, energy, pharmaceuticals
Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (2013 est.)
Exports: $4.267 billion (2013 est.)
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Source: CIA World Factbook link on Macedonia: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/mk.html
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